1968.EGY.0150th Anniversary of Egyptian Boy Scouts
Egypt·1968
50th Anniversary of the Egyptian Boy Scouts, 1918–1968
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1968.EGY.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Egypt (EGY)
- Year
- 1968-11-01
- Event
- 50th Anniversary of the Egyptian Boy Scouts, 1918–1968
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Printer
- Postal Authority Printing House
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 11 × 11¼
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 968.24
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- EG 747
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- EG 895
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- EG 730
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- EG 962
History
Egypt issued a single 10 millième commemorative at Cairo on 1 November 1968 for the fiftieth anniversary of the Egyptian Boy Scouts (1918–1968). The ochre design centres a white Scout fleur-de-lis: the middle petal holds a brown lotus motif, the side petals each carry a five-pointed star, and a blue band crosses the emblem. The stamp is inscribed UAR and 1968 at upper left, with matching Arabic at upper right; the lower margin reads BOY SCOUTS OF EGYPT 1918-1968 beside the bilingual face value 10 M. One million copies were printed in panes of fifty by the Postal Authority Printing House, in photogravure, comb perforated 11 × 11¼. Sources do not name the designer. The issue belongs to the United Arab Republic period of Egyptian stamps.
Notes
- Original artwork for the 10 millième, hand painted on card and signed by the artist on the reverse, realized $525 at Cherrystone Auctions, 17–18 July 2018, lot 281. https://www.cherrystoneauctions.com/